Iran's secret site

Pamela Hess, writing on HuffingtonPost today seems to have the inside story on the discovery of Iran's other secret uranium-enriching site.

Our intelligence agencies, along with those of the British and French, had been looking for such sites, and several years ago discovered evidence of suspicious underground construction going on inside a Republican Guard compound. They followed it closely but were waiting to break the news until there was undeniable evidence that it was for the purpose of enriching uranium. There had not been such evidence in the form of equipment, until the last few weeks -- only construction of an underground complex that could be used for it.

Then last week, it seems that Iran got wind of the fact that the site was known about and jumped out ahead to reveal it to the International Atomic Energy Agency. They claimed that it was for peaceful energy use, but the fact that it was in a Republican Guard compound and that it was underground and had been conducted in secret made it all the more suspicious that it was not just for peaceful purposes.

Once Iran made the revelation, then the Obama quickly shifted into gear to show what we knew that makes it likely for making a bomb, and thus to galvanize world opinion and to use it in the negotiations that are to begin in October. Clearly, Iran has been knocked off balance -- and this coming on the heels of their disastrous election and aftermath that lost them much standing in the world.

Remember last September when McCain wanted to cancel their political campaign and have him and Obama go to Washington to mediate the financial crisis? -- and how that ploy backfired on him? One of the most memorable lines from the campaign was Obama's explanation for not accepting McCain's invitation:

"I think the American people expect us to be able to do more than one thing at the time."

Lucky for us we elected someone who can do more than one thing at the time. Health care reform, financial crisis, energy policy, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, changing policy toward Israel and the Palestinians -- all that and he can respond so well to this from Iran, all in the same week as addressing the U.N. and meeting with G-20 leaders.

How sweet it is to have a president who can do all that -- and be the leader in making the decisions -- not just the self-proclaimed decider, because he really understands the issues.

Ralph